Antonyms for slack off
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : slak |
| Phonetic Transcription : slæk |
- activate
- add
- aid
- appear
- arrive
- ascend
- assist
- be active
- bloom
- brighten
- build
- carry out
- coagulate
- color
- compliment
- develop
- do
- energize
- enhance
- enlarge
- expand
- extend
- fight
- free
- go up
- grow
- help
- improve
- increase
- irritate
- laud
- lengthen
- liberate
- move
- pour
- praise
- prolong
- raise
- reach
- recover
- rise
- save
- sharpen
- solidify
- stand
- stiffen
- strengthen
- stretch
- swell
- tighten
- upset
- walk
- win
Definition of slack off
Origin :- Old English slæc "remiss, lax, characterized by lack of energy, sluggish, indolent, languid; slow, gentle, easy," from Proto-Germanic *slakas (cf. Old Saxon slak, Old Norse slakr, Old High German slah "slack," Middle Dutch lac "fault, lack"), from PIE root *(s)leg- "to be slack" (see lax).
- Sense of "not tight" (in reference to things) is first recorded c.1300. As an adverb from late 14c. Slack-key (1975) translates Hawaiian ki ho'alu. Slack water (n.) "time when tide is not flowing" is from 1769. Slack-handed "remiss" is from 1670s. Slack-baked "baked imperfectly, half-baked" is from 1823; figuratively from 1840.
- As in rest : verb be calm; sleep
- As in slack/slacken : verb do little or nothing; loosen
- As in wane : verb diminish, lessen
- As in bate : verb subside
- As in peter : verb decrease
- As in decrease : verb grow less or make less
- As in dwindle : verb waste away; taper off
- As in fade : verb dwindle, die out
Synonyms for slack off
- abate
- atrophy
- attenuate
- bate
- be at ease
- be comfortable
- become smaller
- breathe
- calm down
- check
- clear
- close
- compose oneself
- contract
- crumble
- curb
- curtail
- cut down
- decay
- decline
- decrease
- degenerate
- deliquesce
- depreciate
- deteriorate
- devaluate
- die away
- die down
- die on vine
- die out
- dim
- diminish
- disappear
- disperse
- dissolve
- dodge
- doze
- drain
- draw to a close
- dream
- droop
- drop
- drop off
- drowse
- dry up
- dwindle
- ease
- ease off
- ease up
- ebb
- etiolate
- evanesce
- evanish
- evaporate
- fade
- fade away
- fag out
- fail
- fall
- fall off
- fall short
- featherbed
- flag
- fold
- goldbrick
- goof off
- grow less
- hush
- idle
- languish
- lapse
- lax
- lay back
- laze
- lean
- lessen
- let down
- let up
- lie by
- lie down
- lie down on job
- lie still
- lighten
- loaf
- loll
- loose
- lose edge
- lounge
- lower
- melt
- melt away
- moderate
- modify
- nap
- narrow down
- neglect
- nod
- perish
- peter out
- pine
- poop out
- put feet up
- quell
- quiet
- rarefy
- rebate
- recline
- reduce
- refresh oneself
- relax
- release
- relent
- repose
- restrain
- run low
- settle
- shirk
- shrink
- shrivel
- sink
- sit down
- slack
- slack off
- slacken
- slash
- slow down
- slumber
- slump
- snooze
- soften
- spell
- stretch out
- subside
- tail away
- tail off
- take a break
- take a nap
- take five
- take it easy
- take life easy
- take ten
- take time out
- taper
- taper off
- thin
- tire
- tucker out
- unbend
- unlax
- untighten
- unwind
- vanish
- wane
- waste
- waste away
- weaken
- wear away
- wear down
- wilt
- wind down
- wither
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